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COVID-19 website: To facilitate the ongoing sharing of information about the virus, Oregon State University has added a link on the OSU homepage to a page that provides detailed and up-to-date COVID-19 information; links to OSU, local, state and federal resources; and updates on the latest federal travel restrictions.
TRACE OSU testing: OSU has invited all OSU students to be tested through TRACE-OSU before, and the week after, spring break, which is March 22-26. All students living in the residence halls are required to be tested within the first three days of spring term. Prevalence testing for university faculty and staff will be offered in Corvallis and at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport by TRACE-OSU, both the week before and the week after spring break. Employees working on-site at OSU-Cascades in Bend can be tested on March 30 and 31. Testing will not take place during Spring Break. Please join the effort to build a safer and healthier Oregon State University community. To enroll and for more information: https://trace.oregonstate.edu/osu.
Timely Teaching Tips: Glad to wrap up a challenging Winter term? Attend “Reflection, Metacognition and Celebration,” the Tuesday Teaching + Tech Talk, Tuesday, March 16 at 10 a.m. to learn about John Dewey’s reflective cycle as reimagined by Carol Rodgers. Participants will practice the reflective cycle and learn ways to use CORE to monitor their teaching and student success.
Today in the News Media is a synopsis of some of the most prominent coverage of OSU people and programs. Inclusion of any item constitutes neither an endorsement nor a critique, but rather is intended only to make the OSU community aware of significant items in the media. Content appearing includes timely news and feature stories from broadcast, print and online sources. Occasionally, opinion pieces and first-person columns appearing in mainstream media outlets that are written by faculty members and pertain to their academic or professional expertise may be included based on their unique, informative value, timeliness and space constraints. It is not the policy of OSU Today to include Letters to the Editor.
Oregon State University continues its efforts with TRACE testing to monitor the spread of COVID-19 throughout Oregon communities. On Saturday, the TRACE team visited houses in Corvallis. (see also KEZI, KPIC, KATU)
OSU is also encouraging students and faculty to stay close to home. They said they will be ramping up COVID-19 testing with spring break approaching. (see also KTVZ)
As spring break approaches, Oregon State University is increasing COVID-19 testing and encouraging students and employees to stay close to home.
Now, biologists are taking the science a step further. Scientists with Oregon State University and the Forest Service recently demonstrated they can use eDNA to analyze the genetic diversity of threatened salmon and trout, which can help us understand how they will adapt to climate change and other threats.
The research was conducted by Doctor Takuya Iwamura, presently at Oregon State University, Eyal Goldstein of the School of Zoology at Tel Aviv University, and Dr. Kris Murray of Tropical Medicine in London and the School of Hygiene and the Imperial College London.
“We can say with pretty high confidence that eating plastic and breathing in plastic is not beneficial,” said Susanne Brander, an environmental toxicologist at Oregon State University who is working with Coffin’s team.
Oregon State University researchers analyzed more than 17,000 public comments focused on orca conservation in the state of Washington and found that the most common emotional sentiments were trust, anticipation and fear.
Greater Albany Public Schools was on site providing goodie bags for kids, as well as resources on how to get educational assistance. The Community Services Consortium was there pushing for more Latino families to utilize the RideLine service, which helps transport people to doctor’s appointments at no cost. The Oregon State University Extension Service was also on hand, providing dietary health resources and information about how to get state food assistance.
Marie Martin of Oregon State University’s Institute for Natural Resources will present, “Exploring the Behavior of Pacific Martens in Lassen National Forest, CA.” Zoo updates and information will begin at 6:45 p.m. with the lecture starting at 7 p.m. promptly.
O’Neill is Oregon’s state climatologist. He is also an OSU-Corvallis associate professor teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses. On Tuesday, he will share his knowledge on climate change in a Zoom discussion sponsored by OSU-Cascades.
The Oregon State University Forest and Natural Resources Extension Fire Program is launching a free webinar series to help prepare Oregonians for future wildfire seasons.
“I won’t lie. We would be dismayed to see our MSA designation go away. We aren’t a suburb of any other, larger city in the area, so this is very much part of our community’s identity,” Rollens said. “Losing the designation would also have potentially adverse impacts on recruitment for local businesses, as well as Oregon State University.”
More than six months after the devastating wildfires of September 2020, researchers at Oregon State University are studying the impacts of the fires on watersheds and forests.
The Oregon State University Board of Trustees statement released late Thursday night said research into President F. King Alexander during the hiring process did not discover any information "regarding inappropriate handling of sexual misconduct at LSU or decisions regarding former LSU Head Football Coach Les Miles.” The obvious question is: Why not? (see also KEZI)
The relatively mild climate of Western Oregon allows gardeners to have a very long planting season, depending on what you are planting.
What’s it like to create a whole new pigment? Chemist Mas Subramanian says discovering a stunning new blue pigment left him in awe, referring to his chemical creation as “the true definition of a scientific discovery.”
Christopher McKnight Nichols, a historian at Oregon State University, agrees with this characterization of how people may behave once it’s safe to go out again. He noted that post-1918 is when sports such as professional baseball and football actually gained wide popularity. However, he points out, “It’s an open question whether social behaviors we took for granted, such as handshaking and hugging, will endure.”
The Asian giant hornet, popularly known as the "murder hornet," is the topic of a new report from Oregon State University.
It’s been a mild and springlike March and that means it’s time for gardening. If you’ve got questions, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service.
Postcards to Campus is an ongoing project centered around the OSU community. This project is open for submissions of mailed, dropped off or uploaded postcards. OSU community members are encouraged to share art, writings and sentiments on their postcards that range from personal to OSU-specific. Postcards submitted will be on display in the Valley Library rotunda and online, and will be archived through OSU's Special Collections and Archives Research Center (SCARC) to be featured in their COVID Collecting Project. To find out more go here: https://spark.adobe.com/page/DoBPihuByIA4D/ and also click on Postcard Archive to see more of these great works of art.
Winter Career Fairs: Registration is now open. The OSU Winter Career Fair Series, as well as Speed Mock Interviews, are virtual, using Handshake. Click the fair link below to register and speak with employers like Amazon, Fast Enterprises, American Red Cross, Harder Mechanical and dozens more. March 15, Education Career Fair. For more information about virtual fairs, visit: career.oregonstate.edu/virtual-fairs.
Authors and Editors Recognition: Attend the OSU Authors and Editors Recognition events for two nights of lectures and discussion. Register to attend on March 15 at 5:30 p.m. and hear featured authors of literary work focused on natural resource management, ecology and art. Register to attend on March 17 at 5:30 p.m. and hear featured authors of select literary work focused on equity, inclusivity and surveillance. Visit the Authors and Editors Recognition page for more information.
Diffusions: A Music Technology Concert: Satisfy your senses with something different — an entertaining evening of sight and sound — as students from the OSU music technology program present a showcase of their winter term projects. It's "Diffusions: A Music Technology Concert." Directed by Jason Fick. Tuesday, March 16, 8 p.m. Free, remote, watch on the College of Liberal Arts YouTube Channel.
Women in STEM Wikipedia Editathon: In this informal “drop in” editathon, you can learn more about the Wikipedia gender gap, how to edit Wikipedia, talk with faculty teaching with Wikipedia and much more. March 19, 1-5 p.m. See the schedule and register here: https://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/womenscientists2021.
University Theatre: Ten Minutes at the Townsend: This is an anthology of student plays set in a small-town diner. The event will be streamed with the support of KBVR-TV on the KBVR YouTube channel. The original works by OSU students are all based in the real town of Strawberry, California. The short slice-of-life conversations are set in a small diner in the fictional town of Pine Riverbend during the years of 1980-1989, and all take place in the same diner booth. Directed by Elizabeth Helman. Friday, March 19, 7:30 p.m. Tickets to the virtual event are available for purchase. Patrons can name their own price to support the work of OSU Theatre. The project is also supported by KBVR and the OSU campus branch of U.S. Bank.
Orange Media Network Spring '21 Open House: Orange Media Network is hiring. OMN is recruiting student writers, photographers, directors, graphic designers, engineers and much more. An open house will be held Wednesday, April 7 at 6 p.m. to explore opportunities within your passions and interests, connect with current OMN students and staff and learn how to get involved. Event link: beav.es/JLy.
Graduate Health Plan Q&A: The Oregon State University Office of Human Resource is hosting a graduate health plan Q&A session for graduate assistants and graduate fellows on April 15 at 10 a.m. via Zoom. Learn more about the grad health plan and get questions answered. Email gradhealth@oregonstate.edu for more information.
CTL’s Tuesday Teaching + Tech Talks: Reflection, Metacognition, & Celebration. Brooke Howland and Kelby Hahn (CTL) and Logan Bingler (BIC). Excited to wrap up a tumultuous Fall term? We are too. Teaching Portfolios and CORE as a means to celebrate and support your reflective teaching success. This workshop will be facilitated on March 16, at 10 a.m., via Zoom: beav.es/ZOOMT4 *Password: CTL.
Being Adaptive in an Ever-Changing World: "Because we have always done it like that" may not be the best answer anymore to, "Why do we do the things we do?" In our ever-changing world, we are seeing shifts in our markets, our economies, our cultural norms, our behaviors and ourselves. Now is the time to thrive by learning how to be adaptive to accommodate and maximize the benefits of change. March 16, 11 a.m. Register Here.
Care.com, How to help the pandemic generation thrive: How can we best support our children during this time? Michele Borba explains why empathy and resilience are key and offers practical, evidence-based and proven ways to reach kids and help them overcome adversity, be more resilient and learn skills they will need both now – and in the future – to thrive. March 17, 9 a.m. Register Here.
Under the Orange Light vaccine discussion: “We Have Three Effective COVID 19 Vaccines: What are the hold-ups with distribution?” Five OSU faculty panelists will help disentangle the impact of public policies on vaccines, the communication of public health information, the ethical issues in vaccine dissemination and the different strategies for reaching vaccine-hesitant individuals. The audience will have an opportunity to pose questions to the panelists. March 17, 5-7 p.m. Zoom link: https://oregonstate.zoom.us/j/99906956676. No pre-registration required. For more information: https://beav.es/Jur.
Racial Aikido – March 26-27: Racial Aikido explores the experiences of Students of Color (SOC) at OSU and beyond. Our focus for the 2021 experience is on community-building, the recognition of identity and racism, and response and replenishment to these realities. Our goal is to build a supportive network to learn and thrive at OSU and beyond. Our priority deadline for applications is Friday, March 12. Applications will be accepted until retreat is full. Check out the application here: https://uhds.link/racialaikido
The Fulbright Experience: OSU Faculty Reflect on Their 2019-20 Fellowship. Join us Thursday, March 18, 4-5 p.m. for a series of reflections by several of last year’s U.S. Fulbright Scholar recipients: Kevin Ahern (Malta), Marit Bovbjerg (Ireland), Julie Elston (Austria), Joan Gross (Belgium), Karl Haapala (Finland), Elise Lockwood (Norway), Hannah Rempel (Czech Republic), and Brian Sidlauskas (Brazil). In addition to each Fulbrighter’s short presentation, the webinar will include Q&A and resources for faculty considering a Fulbright in their future. Presented by the Office of Global Opportunities. Register here: https://oregonstate.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WuHYOyBGQG2mvuf3V3LxjA.
Core Curriculum for Current OSU Supervisors and Managers: This workshop consists of online modules followed by 4 half-days of classroom training via Zoom. Topics include the performance management cycle (position descriptions, expectations/standards, engagement, appraisals and integration), equal employment and affirmative action, ADA, discrimination and misconduct, safety and compensation, and supervising represented employees. Monday, April 5 through Thursday, April 8, 8:15 a.m. to noon each day. Register by March 31.
A New Faculty Learning Community for Instructors and TAs: The Community for the Advancement of Antiracist Instruction (CAAI) seeks instructors and TAs for a spring pilot, weeks 5 through 8. In this professional development opportunity, participants will explore antiracist teaching in a community of colleagues and create an antiracist teaching action plan. Apply here (by March 31).
Crucial Conversations: Crucial Conversations is a 10-hour course that teaches skills for creating alignment and agreement — by fostering open dialogue around high-stakes, emotional, or risky topics — at all levels of your organization. By learning how to speak and be heard (and encouraging others to do the same), you’ll surface the best ideas, make the highest-quality decisions, and then act on your decisions with unity and commitment. This program consists of a series of five (5) live, online sessions on Thursdays, 9-11 a.m. April 15 through May 13. There is a $100 fee to attend Crucial Conversations. Learn more and register here.
Register for the virtual Ecampus Faculty Forum: Join your OSU faculty and staff peers virtually to discuss online teaching excellence, innovative teaching methods and faculty experiences in online course development. Held May 4-5 online via Zoom, the Faculty Forum will showcase faculty members sharing their expertise in interactive panel presentations. The keynote speaker is Thomas J. Tobin, a distance teaching and learning expert from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Events on May 4 and 5 will begin at noon. View the full agenda and register today.
Distinguished professors: OSU’s 2021 University Distinguished Professors will deliver Zoom lectures on their scholarship. Richard Settersten, University Distinguished Professor of Human Development will give a lecture on May 5 at 5:30 p.m. (register here) and Julia Jones, University Distinguished Professor of Geography will give a lecture on May 6 at 5:30 p.m. (register here). The title of University Distinguished Professor is awarded to current OSU faculty members who have achieved national and international distinction for their contributions in research and creative work, teaching and mentoring, public engagement, and service. Professors Jones and Settersten are outstanding examples of OSU’s highest academic honor.
NEW! Dear Survivors: An open letter from faculty and staff at the Survivor Advocacy and Resource Center, Student Health Services, Counseling and Psychological Services and the Hattie Redmond Women and Gender Center reaffirming support for all survivors of sexual and interpersonal violence. The full letter is available here.
NEW! Mid-Month Emergency Preparedness Topic: Food. If an earthquake, winter storm or other disaster strikes your community, you might not have access to food, water and electricity for days or even weeks. By taking time now to store emergency food supplies, you can provide for your entire family. People can survive for long periods of time without food. However, going days without eating can cause nutrient deficiencies and unpleasant – even dangerous – side effects. Consider maintaining a two week food supply. This month’s poster can be downloaded at https://emergency.oregonstate.edu/emergency-preparedness/preparedness-topics/food-emergencies.
NEW! Visualize Your Bibliography Competition: The OSU Libraries and Press invite currently enrolled graduate students to enter this year’s Visualize Your Bibliography Competition. Submissions should creatively display 20+ sources used in a thesis, dissertation or other scholarly work. Displays might range from a series of erasure poems made for each source to a multimedia timeline of your sources. Prizes: 1st: $750, 2nd: $500, 3rd: $250. Deadline: April 1. For questions, contact colleen.johnson@oregonstate.edu.
NEW! Ecampus Online Teaching Principles now available: Quality online education happens when courses are well-designed and well-facilitated. With that in mind, Oregon State Ecampus is sharing its new Online Teaching Principles. Building on a strong foundation of research-based course design, these teaching principles help faculty facilitate engaging, student-centered learning experiences in online and hybrid courses. Read more about the principles and how you can apply them in your work.
Invitation to participate in a COVID study: The OSU Health, Environment, and Leisure (HEAL) Lab and the Play2Cope team are recruiting parents and caregivers for a research study on recreation, coping and adaptation during COVID-19 among families with children. Participants are invited to fill out a 10-15-minute online survey. To participate, follow this link. For more information, please email the Principal Investigator Xiangyou Shen at sharon.shen@oregonstate.edu.
Nominations open: The President’s Commission on the Status of Women, Office of Institutional Diversity, Office of the Provost and OSU Athletics are accepting nominations for the Breaking Barriers awards. All OSU community members whose work advances gender equity in alignment with the award categories are eligible. Categories include Breaking Barriers in Education, Breaking Barriers in Research, Breaking Barriers in Athletics, the PCOSW Community Builder and the Harriet "Hattie" Redmond awards. Learn more and submit nominations at beav.es/Jby. Nominations close Tuesday, April 6. For questions, contact pcosw@oregonstate.edu.
Our Little Village (OLV) Child Care: Registration for spring term ’21 is open until Wednesday, March 31 at noon. For children ages 5 months to 12 years, OLV high quality short-term campus child care is offered for 3.5 hours/day and is available two, three or five weekday sessions for winter term. To learn more about the Our Little Village program and/or register for spring term, visit the OLV|Milne or OLV|Dixon page. Have questions? Email the Family Resource Center at familyresources@oregonstate.edu.
PCOSW spring term scholarship opportunity: The President’s Commission on the Status of Women invites applications for funding to OSU community members to pursue professional development, research or other opportunities that support PCOSW’s mission. Apply by Friday, March 12. Funding must be used in full and receipts submitted by June 15. For more info, visit https://leadership.oregonstate.edu/pcosw or email pcosw@oregonstate.edu.
Animal Interludes: Spring Creek Project has released four new videos in its Animal Interludes series: Tyrannosaurus Rex, Meadowlark, Western Sage Grouse and Timberwolf Pups. The Animal Interludes are a series of 20 tiny concerts, each an original composition of words and music in honor of a threatened or beloved animal. They are part of the series Music to Save Earth's Songs, inspired by Kathleen Dean Moore's new book Earth's Wild Music.
Now accepting FYI Friday presentation proposals for Spring 2021: FYI Friday is a weekly remote program where campus partners are invited to present brief, one-off, awareness- or skill- building topics intended for a wide audience of professional faculty, academic faculty and classified staff. Does your group have a service, process or system you want to share with the campus community? Consider FYI Friday as your venue: Learn more about the requirements and application process here.
Call for Volunteers: Members of the campus and Corvallis community are invited to help make this year’s virtual commencement ceremony a memorable event for OSU’s 9,000+ graduates. In-person volunteers are needed to help prepare Graduate Gift Boxes that will be mailed to all 2021 graduates. The preparation will take place in the LaSells Stewart Center on campus, following strict social distancing and safety processes, starting March 9 and continuing into early April. Click here to volunteer for graduate gift box assembling.
Campus Way: As part of a construction project at the RAIL 244 facility, this is an informational campus-wide notification to inform pedestrian path users about the potential for increased vehicle traffic along Campus Way between SW 35th Street and SW 53rd Street (view map) from March 4 through June 15. Vehicles will be traveling to and from the RAIL facility and the Building 244 construction site. The general contractor for the project will post signs at key points for the duration of the project. For questions or comments on this closure, please contact Construction Manager Amy Keene at 541-214-1038.
Bike counter equipment installed along SW Campus Way bike path. Bike counter equipment has been placed on a utility pole on the north side of SW Campus Way (view map). The counter equipment will be in place through mid-March. Tubes are marked with signage and traffic barrels.
Motor Pool Canopy Construction Project work: As part of the Motor Pool Canopy Construction Project, a new canopy is being built at the fuel island north of the Motor Pool Building. Fencing will go up around the area, and work will start on Tuesday, March 2 and continue through Friday, April 2 (view map). Staging will occur in the parking lot west of the Motor Pool Building. For questions or comments on this closure, contact OSU Infrastructure Project Manager Aaron Collett at 541-207-2780.
This email only lists new or recently updated job postings. For a full list of current job postings for OSU Today, go to: http://today.oregonstate.edu/email/jobs To apply for the below positions, visit jobs.oregonstate.edu unless otherwise specified.
Academic Success Advisor (Arabic Specialist) — INTO Oregon State University: Searching for Regular Part-Time. Closes March 22.
NEW! Hospital Receptionist: Oregon State University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital has an immediate opening for a hospital receptionist. Posting #P02867CT. Closes March 25.
“The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.” ~ Samuel Butler
Corvallis: Slight chance of rain and snow and then chance of showers, high of 48, low of 32. Mostly sunny tomorrow.
Central Oregon: Slight chance of snow showers, high of 36, low of 22. Sunny Tuesday.
Newport: Chance of showers, high of 48, low of 34. Mostly sunny tomorrow.
Statewide: For OSU employees around the state, find your local forecast here: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/
